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Share Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, the President-elect of the International Science Council (ISC) from the University of Auckland, joins epidemiologist Professor Sir David Skegg of the University of Otago as part of an oversight panel for the recently launched ISC Covid-19 Scenarios Project. The panel was announced in the world-leading medical journal The Lancet in a commentary, ‘Future scenarios for the Covid-19 pandemic’, co-authored by Sir Peter and Sir David, and panel members Geoffrey Boulton, Heide Hackmann, Salim Abdool Karim, Peter Piot, and Christiane Woopen. The panel of intern...

. The panel of international science leaders also includes representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), an advisor to President Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board and other microbiologists and epidemiologists. Within eight months, the panel will report on the possible COVID-19 scenarios the world faces over the next three to five years, and on the choices for governments, agencies, and citizens. Sir Peter, who heads Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures at the University of Auckland, initiated the ISC project. He says dec...

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The Lancet in a commentary Future scenarios for the Covid-19 pandemic co-authored by Sir David and Sir Peter and panel members Geoffrey Boulton, Heide Hackmann, Salim Abdool Karim, Peter Piot, and Christiane Woopen. (Ed note: Wednesday 17 February NZ Time). The panel of international science leaders also includes representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), an advisor to President Biden’s Covid-19 advisory board and other microbiologists and epidemiologists. Within eight months, the panel will report on the possible Cov...

The Lancet in a commentary Future scenarios for the Covid-19 pandemic co-authored by Sir David and Sir Peter and panel members Geoffrey Boulton, Heide Hackmann, Salim Abdool Karim, Peter Piot, and Christiane Woopen. (Ed note: Wednesday 17 February NZ Time). The panel of international science leaders also includes representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), an advisor to President Biden’s Covid-19 advisory board and other microbiologists and epidemiologists. Within eight months, the panel will report on the possible Cov...